In The News: Department of History

Las Vegas Review Journal

Las Vegas hospitality workers voted to authorize a strike in the city’s dominant industry against a backdrop of other union strikes across the country, but experts say a tight labor market locally could force a deal before any walkouts occur.

ICONIC - Fashion History with Aminata Belli

In this episode you'll hear how the hoodie went from being a sports outfit to the most political item of clothing since its invention in the 1930s and what Rocky, rap and racism have to do with it. Textile historian Deirdre Clemente provides insights into the technological and social developments that made the hoodie possible in the first place.

City Cast Las Vegas

When Dr. Lynn Comella joined the faculty at UNLV, her office was in a space that had once been a bedroom. “It’s funny to think about that now,” she says. It was on the second floor of Houssels House, a fascinating campus anomaly. Amid the school’s toybox of large architectural showpieces, Houssels House was once, as its name makes clear, a residence — a 1933 Tudor revival located on Sixth Street near Charleston.

City Cast Las Vegas

When Dr. Lynn Comella joined the faculty at UNLV, her office was in a space that had once been a bedroom. “It’s funny to think about that now,” she says. It was on the second floor of Houssels House, a fascinating campus anomaly. Amid the school’s toybox of large architectural showpieces, Houssels House was once, as its name makes clear, a residence — a 1933 Tudor revival located on Sixth Street near Charleston.

KTNV-TV: ABC 13

Dapper Companies and Gensler is releasing new renderings of the renovated Huntridge Theater.

CNN

With all of the crucial issues we face as a nation, what is the Senate battling over? A dress code. Is a suit and tie a requirement to govern the United States of America?

KTNV-TV: ABC 13

It's been eight days since MGM Resorts started having cybersecurity issues impacting thousands of guests and visitors.

Las Vegas Review Journal

The origins of Las Vegas high culture run deep — and you can’t tell the story without a chapter on Charles Vanda Here’s the backstory

Los Angeles Times

It’s 9 p.m. on the Strip and 100 degrees out and I’m staring at a blue ball. It pulses and turns. It becomes purple. Then pink.

Snopes

Since the 2010s, a picture has permeated corners of the internet purportedly showing two women adorned with large "blizzard cones" to protect their faces from a snowstorm.

KSNV-TV: News 3

Local voices are speaking out after former President Donald Trump turned himself into Fulton County Jail on Thursday.

Science Times

As its water level drops, multiple human remains have already been found in Lake Mead. Many believe that more are waiting to be discovered.